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New Chairman Kim Han-young of Korea National Railway.(KR) (Photos: KR)Former president Kim Han-young of Korea Airport Railroad took office as the 7th chairman of Korea National Railway (KR) on Feb. 16.In his inaugural speech, he urged executives and staff members to join forces in rejuvenating the r…
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President Sohn Tae-rak of Korea Real Estate Board gives his inaugural speech at an inauguration ceremony at the board headquarters in Daegu on Feb. 26.Former deputy minister Sohn Tae-rak of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) took office as new president of Korea Real Estate B…
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President Kwon Yong-bok of Korea Transportation Safety Authority (TS) delivers his inaugural speech at an inauguration ceremony in TS headquarters in Gincheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on Feb. 2. (Photos: TS)Kwon Yong-bok, the former deputy minister in charge of aviation policy at the Ministry of Land, Inf…
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President Seo Joo-won of Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) joins a campaign to reduce plastic consumption in daily lives on Jan. 11. (Photos: SLC)Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) has developed a technology to increase the compressive strength of bio sulfur concretes using wa…
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The 6th-term Energy Committee, inaugurated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, holds the 22nd meeting on major energy policies for the year 2021 on Feb. 22. (Photo: MOTIE)A deadly winter storm that caused massive blackouts in Texas serves as a reminder that extreme events could easily ove…
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Kim Yoon-tae, a doctor with Nexon Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital receives a vaccine shot against COVID-19 at Seoul Mapo Health Center on Feb. 26 as President Moon Jae-in and Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyeong of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency look on. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong W…
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Minister Sung Yun-mo of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) (Photos: MOTIE)The government is pulling out all the stops to raise exports by 8.6 percent this year over the previous year, which would make Korea a top-four export power. Korea aims to leverage its expertise in the hydrogen…
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Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) holds a meeting with SME businessmen, including Chairman Kim Ki-moon of Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ), at the KBIZ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on Feb. 17. (Photo: MSS)Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startu…
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Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). (Photos: MCST)Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a meeting with representatives from the travel industry at the Seoul Center of the Korea Tourism Organization on Feb. 16 and discussed…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo announces “E.A.S.T Plan” on the green economy on the East Coast at a press briefing at Gyeongsangbuk-do Dongbu Building on March 3. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govt.)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo has set the province’s new task at “a great shift…
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President Hwang Ju-ho of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) (Photos: KHNP)Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) held the “Team Korea Project Promotion Strategy Meeting for the Czech New Nuclear Power Project” to implement the new nuclear power…
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(from left) Chmn. Koo Ja-kyun of LS ELECTRIC, President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and President Koo Bon-gyu of LS Cable & System attend a ceremony to strike an MOU on building a data center superconductivity power gird …
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Chairman Koo Ja-eun of LS Group. (Photos: LS Group)The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)” which went into force after it was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has made Korean companies stand on the guard due to curtailment and early terminat…
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President Lee Young-jo of Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO), major department chiefs and working-level officials participate in a ceremony to inaugurate the KOMIPO National Task Promotion Committee on Aug. 13. (Photo: KOMIPO)Korea Midland Power Co. (K…
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